Mineral County News

Churchill County residents will have more than a dozen opportunities this week to share their opinions about the community, its challenges and assets and future projects they would like to see.

Churchill County commissioners approved a $3,335,000 bid from K7 Construction to build the Churchill County Juvenile Probation Detention Facility despite previous budgetary concerns.

The final action in selecting and appointing a new Superintendent of Mineral County Schools, was achieved by the Mineral County Board of School Trustees at their meeting held Friday, January 7. Teri White was selected to fill the position of Superintendent.

Carson City Supervisor Robin Williamson was sworn in Monday as president of the Nevada Association of Counties by Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell.

A fog briefly dropped visibility at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport down to a quarter of a mile overnight, but visibility is now 2 miles, the National Weather Service reports.

" Small business leaders and local government officials criticized a new law that requires construction workers and their supervisors to undergo safety training.

Yesterday John Tomillo was an employee of the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot. Today found this Hawthorne native 60 miles away in Fallon looking for work.

Ninety-one people were laid off Thursday from the Hawthorne Army Depot, and another 22 took voluntary early retirement.

In the comparisons between the Great Depression eight decades ago and the current Great Recession, the economic situation today pales in comparison.

Guy Rocha, the former Nevada archivist and historian, says Nevada's current economic malaise will turn out to be worse than that suffered in the Great Depression.

Sheriff Ken Furlong and his wife Phyllis escaped injury Monday when their car rolled over after sliding on black ice south of Mina, 154 miles southeast of Carson City.

All schools in the Washoe County District will be on a two-hour delay Tuesday. Tip: Call this line for Washoe closures - 334-8373. Maybe even program it in your cell phone for next time! Bishop Manogue High School is closed.

Residents of the Smith Valley area need to at least be aware of a new public lands proposal hailing from Douglas County that could impact lands near private property in SV.

County Taxable Sales Change from '09 Carson City $54.5 million -23.8% Churchill $20.1 million -56.3% Douglas $48 million -11.6% Lyon $27.4 million -27% Storey $3.8 million -36.1% Washoe $443.4 million -20.6% Clark County $2.35 billion -16.5% Statewide $3.18 billion -17.7% Source: Nevada Taxation Department Taxable sales continued their downward ...

The Department of Taxation this morning reported that taxable sales in Clark County in September dropped 16.5 percent from the same month last year, but statewide sales plunged 17.7 percent.

" The Nevada Supreme Court denied the latest appeal of death row inmate William B. Leonard, convicted of killing a fellow inmate at the Nevada State Prison in October 1987.

Taxable sales in Nevada plunged 24.1-percent in August, marking that 10th straight month of double-digit declines, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Wednesday.

Today's economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and Churchill Economic Development Authority will conduct a Moving Business Forward Seminar on Saturday.

Canyon Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the final tranche of its $1.25 million foreign private placement offering by issuing 1,375,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.04 per share for total proceeds of $55,000. The issuance was completed under the provisions of Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 .

The 45-day comment period for the draft EIS regarding a new Travel Management Plan for the U.S. Forest Service's Bridgeport Ranger District ends on Sept.